The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Bauchi State Accountant-General, Sirajo Muhammad Jaja, and an unlicensed Bureau de Change operator, Aliyu Abubakar, over an alleged N1.63 billion money laundering case. The defendants were re-arraigned on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, before Justice O. A. Egwuatu at the Federal High Court in Abuja during …
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The trial of the former Taraba State governor, Darius Dickson Ishaku alongside the former permanent secretary in the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Bello Yero, before Justice S. C. Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, continued on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a Lagos-based woman, Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, wanted over an alleged case of obtaining money by false pretence. In a notice issued on Monday and signed by the Commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the anti-graft agency said the 41-year-old …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned content creators against using its identity in any form of media content without official written clearance, warning that violators would face prosecution. Truthng reports that the EFCC, in a statement via its 𝕏 handle on Saturday, disclosed that the attention of the anti-graft …
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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, until May 6 for continuation of the hearing. Newsextra24.news reports that Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter to allow defence counsel, Joseph Daudu (SAN), to continue cross-examining the Economic and Financial …
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An Ikeja Special Offences Court has adjourned the bail application of businessman Joseph Ufoma, facing charges by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a $1.5 million oil fraud, to today, March 31, following his absence in court. Ufoma, who is being tried alongside Intermediate Investment Holdings Limited, faces a …
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…By Sodiq Oyeleke THE recent public spectacle involving the Chief Executive Officer of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has unfolded as a masterclass in how not to manage a corporate reputation crisis. As the public watched a prominent figure in Nigeria’s real …
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NO fewer than 37 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Warri, Delta State, and Owerri, the capital of Imo State. The EFCC disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, saying the suspected internet fraudsters were apprehended on …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday re-arraigned a former Minister of Power and Steel, Dr Olu Agunloye for alleged infractions in the award of contract for Mambila Hydroelectric Power Station. The EFCC had dragged Agunloye, before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Apo, Abuja, on …
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The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has expressed the Commission’s readiness to work with the Presidential Committee on Campaign against Social vices in Secondary and Tertiary institutions to tackle economic and financial crimes and other acts of corruption among students. He stated …
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